[pdal] Fwd: huge file size when writing ply

[Andrew Bell]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 1:17 PM vollmer at scanvision.ch <vollmer at scanvision.ch>
wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Is there a way to compress ply files when writing them with pdal?
>

PLY doesn't provide a compressed format.


> In comparsion to CloudCompare, the files sizes are huge but pdal gives the
> opportunity to batch process.
>

PLY is a standard format that is well-defined. If you're seeing large size
differences from another PLY writer, you should examine the options
available: https://pdal.io/stages/writers.ply.html

Best,

-- 
Andrew Bell
andrew.bell.ia at gmail.com
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